The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

Open Eastern Visayas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 4,365^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 4,625,929^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 263 urban^[4]; 4,102 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 105^[5]; Tacloban City, Leyte; 15,660 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Camonoan^[6]; Matuguinao, Samar; about 269.78 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Zone 3^{[5, 7]}; San Roque, Northern Samar; 17.12% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 1,723 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Guindapunan, −4.31% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

4,365 barangays, 3,001 to 3,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,001	TagadtaranBurauen, Leyte	501	about 155	about 3.23 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
3,002	CamangSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	500	about 229	about 2.18 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
3,003	LumalantangZumarraga, Samar	500	about 230	about 2.17 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
3,004	MacalpiayPastrana, Leyte	500	about 327	about 1.53 km²	3.97% a year	Rural
3,005	Nueva Estrella SurPintuyan, Southern Leyte	500	about 103	about 4.86 km²	4.57% a year	Rural
3,006	SalvacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	500	about 24	about 20.67 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
3,007	San JoseLavezares, Northern Samar	500	about 182	about 2.75 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
3,008	San PedroJaro, Leyte	500	about 153	about 3.27 km²	7.56% a year	Rural
3,009	Santa FilomenaSan Juan, Southern Leyte	499	about 364	about 1.37 km²	5.32% a year	Rural
3,010	Santa RosaVillareal, Samar	499	about 93	about 5.39 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
3,011	Kangha-asHilongos, Leyte	498	about 479	about 1.04 km²	3.35% a year	Rural
3,012	TalinhugonDagami, Leyte	498	about 956	about 0.521 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
3,013	AlibabaCalbayog City, Samar	497	about 292	about 1.70 km²	4.91% a year	Rural
3,014	CabariwanDagami, Leyte	497	about 549	about 0.906 km²	−2.19% a year	Rural
3,015	CanyomanaoLaoang, Northern Samar	497	about 407	about 1.22 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
3,016	KalaoBurauen, Leyte	497	about 111	about 4.47 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
3,017	Poblacion Barangay 3Capul, Northern Samar	497	about 1,373	about 0.362 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
3,018	San NicolasSan Antonio, Northern Samar	497	about 189	about 2.63 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
3,019	Cade-anGamay, Northern Samar	496	about 382	about 1.30 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
3,020	DagsaSogod, Southern Leyte	496	about 120	about 4.15 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
3,021	OboobCalbayog City, Samar	496	about 179	about 2.77 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
3,022	San AntonioLaoang, Northern Samar	496	about 109	about 4.57 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
3,023	AnglitBasey, Samar	495	about 315	about 1.57 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
3,024	NebgaAbuyog, Leyte	495	about 110	about 4.48 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,025	RizalOras, Eastern Samar	495	about 44	about 11.26 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
3,026	San MiguelDaram, Samar	495	about 442	about 1.12 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
3,027	Barangay 53Tacloban City, Leyte	494	about 19,073	about 0.0259 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
3,028	CapudlosanMacarthur, Leyte	494	about 176	about 2.80 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
3,029	Catandog 2Hilongos, Leyte	494	about 1,520	about 0.325 km²	5.70% a year	Rural
3,030	GuindapunanPastrana, Leyte	494	about 503	about 0.983 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
3,031	HinaguimitanMahaplag, Leyte	494	about 21	about 23.30 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
3,032	San MateoSulat, Eastern Samar	494	about 110	about 4.50 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
3,033	MabiniLas Navas, Northern Samar	493	about 122	about 4.04 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
3,034	SalvacionCatarman, Northern Samar	493	about 136	about 3.63 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
3,035	AmanluranTanauan, Leyte	492	about 324	about 1.52 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
3,036	BalacdasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	492	about 65	about 7.53 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
3,037	CagtabonDolores, Eastern Samar	492	about 51	about 9.71 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
3,038	Poblacion District VIIIBurauen, Leyte	492	about 10,314	about 0.0477 km²	−6.67% a year	Urban
3,039	RoxasBurauen, Leyte	492	about 24	about 20.35 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
3,040	TapulParanas, Samar	492	about 47	about 10.50 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
3,041	Barangay No. 7Jiabong, Samar	490	about 785	about 0.624 km²	−4.32% a year	Rural
3,042	CaghilotSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	490	about 51	about 9.67 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
3,043	CalintaanAnahawan, Southern Leyte	490	about 386	about 1.27 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
3,044	GabiSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	490	about 124	about 3.96 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
3,045	LenoyahanCatubig, Northern Samar	490	about 170	about 2.89 km²	6.15% a year	Rural
3,046	OrmocayDagami, Leyte	490	about 215	about 2.28 km²	−4.39% a year	Rural
3,047	PasanonSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	490	about 299	about 1.64 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
3,048	BahayLiloan, Southern Leyte	489	about 113	about 4.34 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
3,049	BuenavistaArteche, Eastern Samar	489	about 208	about 2.35 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
3,050	Calico-anBorongan City, Eastern Samar	489	about 103	about 4.75 km²	3.60% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Eastern Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0081A6DTPH7). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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